If children are not required to submit a list of Achievements as a pre-requisite for DSA submission, would our children grow up with less enrichments and trainings? Possibly! Parents lose sight because of this “Achievement” tab in the submission form, chasing sports, performing arts and academic competitions just so they can have something to shout about in the DSA submission form.  How else can their children land themselves in a possible interview just to be seen? Imagine this? Your child is assessed only from the [DSA] day’s performance. No coach is able to offer secret sealed letters on track or has eyed a particular student from 2 years back, waiting to have her confirmed as long as she turned up for the DSA interview in their school. I did not think this ideal was possible until this year’s DSA experience. We submitted DSA interests to MOE and DSA-Only schools. We all know about this “Achievement” segment where you can click “Add More” to build this invincible resume. I roll ...